I'm Giving up Coding (but only for the next 3 weeks)

[BenW]

Best way to revise is do past papers then mark them harshly.


Have to admit, i sit down to do one with the mark scheme under the papers. When i get stuck i quickly look at the mark scheme and then work it out (Mark schemes often give the answer....not the working out).

I did a paper night before an AS maths mock at got 72%. Didn't do one before another mock and got 59%. Thats 2 grades lower

[yamangman]

nah EE is strictly a hobbie, thou it was an EE lecturer who supervised my final year project, but thats just because we work well together (because i'm pasionate about electronics, and never been taught by him, or taking his exams have never let him down!)

I'm doing my final year exams for a BSc Computer Science & Cybernetics degree. The only EE stuff i've had is very simple, ie transistors logic gates op-amps and terribly simplified PIC programming. I did much more difficult electronics at a-level, but having said that digital logic seams to be one of my better areas, i know some found it hard in the first year.

So now i've got some exams on:
Computer Vision (really intresting, reading has a very good working group who deal with big brother type implementations)
SLEASE (Socail, legal, ethical aspects of science and engineering.... aka bullsh!t)
Principles of feedback, yuckie horrible stupid cyberntics stuff.
Networking, walk in the park, made a TCP/IP stack for a PIC16 before uni, can't belive it was only 3 years ago, the stack was bug riddeled, but worked
Machine Concisounce, half intresting AI, and complicated maths for nureal nets.
Modern Hueristics, problem solviong, optomisation. Quite enjoyable actually.

but coding is a major distraction, so i've not written a single line in 3 days now!

I'd guess your computing and society module is relevant to BCS accreditation. I rather enjoyed my 'version' of that. Exams for me:

Distributed Systems
Internet Database Logic
Object Oriented Data Structures

I feel obliged to say you use some atrocious spelling. Rely on a spell check too much?

[FatalSaviour]

physics for me wasnt to bad (although this was 4 years ago) neither was maths, chemistry was my harder choice - sure you'll be fine

Good luck to all

Same here...and now I'm realising I'm stuck at Oxford studying the damn thing! .
Seriously though, any tips for focusing? I'm hopeless at sitting down and doing solid work....hmmmm it's a nice day, I'll go for a drive...

[TheAnimus]

I'd guess your computing and society module is relevant to BCS accreditation. I rather enjoyed my 'version' of that. Exams for me:

Distributed Systems
Internet Database Logic
Object Oriented Data Structures

I feel obliged to say you use some atrocious spelling. Rely on a spell check too much?

i spell at a 12 year old's level apparently!

i'm morbidly dislexic, and allowed to sit exams on computers, i take notes on a tablet pc, i don't really do much writing, ever, it seams so... primative.

[directhex]

I'd guess your computing and society module is relevant to BCS accreditation.

an MBCS isn't worth the forty quid a year fee, tbh

[TheAnimus]

i think the BCS does a good job of letting people know if the computer science course they're looking at is worth the money thou. If the uni is a polly, and its not acredated, then theres something to worry about, as say portsmouth would need all the plasuability it could get. if its a top 10 tear uni, and they've no acreditation, you know their going there own way, and have someone who thinks of themself as a visionary.

BCS meetings aren't bad for networking thou. But a .net user group is better imo!

[Grey M@a]

I left my revision till the morning off the exam, crammed it all in remebered the lot, my first year of uni a few years back I tried studying early and forgot most of it. Did well in my finals to Depends how you work really, I left revision till last minute and it worked for me.

[TheAnimus]

i wish it was straigh CS, would of made much more sense, wouldn't have to worry about revising at all then really!

[yamangman]

an MBCS isn't worth the forty quid a year fee, tbh

I would agree, if of course you just want it for the letters after your name and not adopt the principles of such a professional body and respectfully inform those with lesser (computer) experience to the extent of your actual knowledge and no further.